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<BODY><H1>A Distributed HTTP Server<BR></H1>
<H3>Jui-Chieh Richard Hsu<BR> Jui-Yuan Fred Hsu<BR></H3>
<H3><I>Department of Computer Science<BR>Cornell University<BR>Ithaca,
New York</I></H3>
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<H2>Abstract</H2>
<P>The web is growing at an exponential rate.  Companies, academic
institutions, government, and many other agencies are all moving toward
this "universal information highway". As the amount of hypermedia
meterials increases, the burden on top of HTTP servers gets aggravated.
It is an essential task to find a mechanism in which hypermedia data can
be collected and stored in a central repository, and requested
information can be forwarded to outside clients within a reasonable
period of time. We have proposed, implemented, and tested several
models. The result shows clearly the superiority distributed <!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><A HREF="http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/HTTP/HTTP2.html"
>HTTP</A> servers over stand-alone servers. Furthermore, <!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><A HREF="http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/MarkUp.html"
>HTML </A>document access patterns are discussed, and suggestions for
future implementation of HTTP are presented . A clever and scalable
model can be implemented with few changes in the current protocol and
communication scheme.</P>
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Information</A></H2>
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Analysis on HTTP Usage and Performance</A></H2>
<H2><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Courses/Fall-94/CS617/Dist_HTTP/icons/redcube.gif" ALT="*"><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Courses/Fall-94/CS617/Dist_HTTP/project.html">Distributed
HTTP Server: Project Details</A></H2>
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<H2>About Authors</H2><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/juihsu/rich.html"
>Jui-Chieh Richard Hsu</A>
<P></P><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><A HREF="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/fred/fred.html">
Jui-Yuan Fred Hsu</A>
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